from my garden! more correctly a pot but it was grown from seed by me!

from my garden! more correctly a pot but it was grown from seed by me!

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to bad i wasn't aware that they were jalapeños until my mouth caught fire!

blue(b) pancakes

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This morning's breakfast (no April Fools here): blueberry pancakes, inspired by this beautiful photo of this recipe.

Although neither the pancakes nor the photos came out as picture perfect as those above (my batter was far too thick and my beat-up old pan heats unevenly), I am certainly satisfied.

my shitty food from last night

Image by The Hanged Man
Bryan said I should blog about my food last night, and take a picture.

After wandering around Leicester Square for a long time last night, looking for a particular place* in the guidebook, I settled for Chi Chi Vegetarian Oriental Buffet.

I know, you're thinking, "What were you thinking?"

I was thinking, I'm hungry, £6 is cheap for this area, and the place looks friendly enough.

Well, it was pretty bad. The best dish, so far as I can tell, was french fries in some kind of sweet & sour sauce. Well, or the sesame-red bean dessert balls. They also had Green Curry Dogfood, and Panang Curry Dogfood, and... other stuff of that sort.

* Of course, on the way home, I walked right past the place I'd been looking for! So I went there today for lunch, and it was delish. I've got pictures of that, too, which will go up tonight or tomorrow.

Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, 24-26 October, Wageningen

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The Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture on 24-26 October brought together world experts on climate-smart agriculture to provide a synthesis of the current state of knowledge in order to deliver a set of findings based on multi-disciplinary science and best practices.
In the picture, Dr. John Ingram - NERC Food Security Leader- giving his keynote speech. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS).

Culinary awards winners

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Winners and runners-up in the Installation Management Command-Europe and U.S. Army Europe 41st Annual Food Service Awards Ceremony pose with their trophies and medals following the ceremony at the Patrick Henry Village Pavilion in Heidelberg, Germany, Dec. 11. Culinary Warrior NCO of the Year Sgt. Quincy Queen of the 72nd Signal Battalion is pictured in Class A uniform at center, and Culinary Warrior of the Year Pfc. Scotty Anderson of the 212th Combat Support Hospital is right of Queen. In addition to the individual awards, the best large and small garrison dining facilities were recognized during the ceremony. (Photo by Spc. Fabian Ortega)